The Goodbye Kiss (Chinese: 吻別; pinyin: wěnbié) is the fifth Mandarin studio album by Hong Kong recording artist Jacky Cheung. It was released through PolyGram Records Hong Kong on 5 March 1993.
Commercial performance
The Mandopop album was a great success in the Greater China region. The album sold over 5 million copies in 1993 throughout Asia, including 1,360,000 copies in Taiwan alone, making it one of Cheung's three million-selling records in the country and remains the second best-selling album of all time in Taiwan.[1][2][3][4] In early 1994, Hong Kong's popular music reached a historic high point in Mainland China, the album sold 2.2 million legitimate copies there, despite significant levels of piracy,[5] and the influence of the album in China was higher than previous popular songs.
The album was also highly successful in Southeast Asia; in Singapore, the album sold 200,000 copies and remains the second best-selling album in the region, after Michael Jackson's Dangerous (1991).[6] In Malaysia, the album recorded sales of around 500,000 copies,[7] and remains the best-selling Mandarin album in the country.[citation needed]
Covers
In 2003, Michael Learns to Rock covered the title track, "Goodbye Kiss" in English and released it as "Take Me to Your Heart". The song has also been covered by many Asian musicians, such as Jay Chou, Anson Hu, Justin Lo, and others. A band in Myanmar Iron Cross has also made a cover of the title track as well known as ကြိုးမဲ့စွန် (Stringless Kite) [8]
Accolades
In 2008, the Chinese Musicians Exchange Association ranked The Goodbye Kiss number 19 in their list of the 100 Greatest Taiwanese Pop Music Albums from 1975–1993.[9]
^"回顧「歌神」張學友封神之路與那些耳朵懷孕的經典好歌" [Reviewing "God of Songs" Jacky Cheung's journey to becoming a god and those classic songs that make your ears pregnant]. United Daily News (in Chinese). 30 March 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
